Vu Lan Festival takes (1)_______on 15 ^th    of the seven lunar month. It is one of the largest festivals  of Viet nam. Vietnamese people consider that it is an occasion for family gatherings as (2) ______ as  expressing love and gratitude to ancestors and parents. Vu Lan festival is known as Mother’s Day in Viet Nam. First, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various (3)________dishes is set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate with family. Then, at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, they believe by doing that their wishes for parents will come true. They also go to the pagoda, wearing either a red rose if their mothers are (4) _________ or white rose if their mothers have passed away.

            1. A. away                  B. part                        C. much                      D. care

             2. A. good                 B. bad             C. soon                       D. well

             3. A. terrible B. delicious               C. tasty                       D. B & C are correct

             4. A. dead                 B. lived          C. alive                       D. old

Vu Lan Festival takes (1)_______on 15 ^th of the seven lunar month. It is one of the largest festivals of Viet nam. Vietnamese people consider that it is an occasion for family gatherings as (2) ______ as expressing love and gratitude to ancestors and parents. Vu Lan festival is known as Mother’s Day in Viet Nam. First, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various (3)________dishes is set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate with family. Then, at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, they believe by doing that their wishes for parents will come true. They also go to the pagoda, wearing either a red rose if their mothers are (4) _________ or white rose if their mothers have passed away.

1. A. away B. part C. much D. care

2. A. good B. bad C. soon D. well

3. A. terrible B. delicious C. tasty D. B & C are correct

4. A. dead B. lived C. alive D. old

I. Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. If I were you, I would take part in that game.

· You should

2. The date for the Vu Lan festival is the 15th day of the seven Lunar month.

=> The Vu Lan festival takes

3. Although the weather was bad, we went out.

=> The weather was bad; however,

4. Playing beach games is very interesting.

=>It's

II. Rearrange the words/phrases given to make complete sentences.

1. or/ you/ Would/ urban/ like/ to/ mountainous/ live/ in/ in/ the/ the/ areas/ areas?

2. I/out/friends/fancy/with/weekend./at/hanging/my/the

Vu Lan Festival

            Vu Lan Festival takes place on 15^th day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called “Xa toi vong nhan” festival (16)__ _______ this is the day for the death’s souls. Many people believe that on that day, (17)__ _______ the gate of the hell opens, souls of the dead can come back to their home (18)_ _______ gather with their family. (19)___ ______, Vietnamese people consider that it is also the occasion for family gatherings as well as expressing love (20)_____ _____ gratitude to ancestors and parents. (21)_________, Vu Lan Festival is known as Mother’s Day in Vietnam.

(22)____ _____, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various delicious dishes set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate the festival with family. (23)___ _______ at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, (24)__ ________ Vietnamese people believe by doing that, their wishes for parents will come true.

Pagodas are crowded during the festival say (25)___ ______ Buddhist gather for the monk’s lecture. Each Buddhist has a flower (usually rose) in front of their chest: red flower (26)___ ______ their parents are living and white flower (27)____ _________ their parents are dead

True(T) or False(F)

The Hung King Temple Festival is annually held from 8^th to the 11^th days of the third lunar month. The main festival day is on the 10^th day of the third lunar March, on which the National Assembly has approved Vietnamese working people to annually have one more national holiday to mark the anniversary of the Hung King’s death. Every year, on this traditional occasion, Vietnamese people worldwide join their brothers and sisters in spirit to observe Vietnam National Day in commemoration of their ancestors. The main ceremony takes place at the Hung Temple on Nghia Linh Mountain in Phong Chau District, Phu Tho Province, some 85km northwest of Hanoi. The Hung King Temple Festival is one of the most important and sacred festivals of the Vietnamese people, deeply imbedded in the minds of every Vietnamese citizen, regardless of where they originated from.

1.The Hung King Anniversary is yearly held at the first half of the third lunar month.

2.It has become one of the national holidays recently.

3.The Vietnamese show their respect to the ancestor on this occasion.

4.The Hung King Temple festival is mostly for entertainment.

Vu Lan Festival

            Vu Lan Festival takes place on 15^th day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called “Xa toi vong nhan” festival (16)_________ this is the day for the death’s souls. Many people believe that on that day, (17)_________ the gate of the hell opens, souls of the dead can come back to their home (18)________ gather with their family. (19)_________, Vietnamese people consider that it is also the occasion for family gatherings as well as expressing love (20)__________ gratitude to ancestors and parents. (21)_________, Vu Lan Festival is known as Mother’s Day in Vietnam.

(22)_________, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various delicious dishes set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate the festival with family. (23)__________ at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, (24)__________ Vietnamese people believe by doing that, their wishes for parents will come true.

Pagodas are crowded during the festival say (25)_________ Buddhist gather for the monk’s lecture. Each Buddhist has a flower (usually rose) in front of their chest: red flower (26)_________ their parents are living and white flower (27)______________ their parents are dead.

8. The date for the Vu Lan Festival is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. (place)

     The Vu Lan Festival ………………………………………………………

9. While we were going home, we had an accident. (way)

     We …………………………………………………………………………

10. I can’t wait to see the elephant race festival in Dak Lak. (forward)

     I am            …………………………………………………………………………

3) Reorder the works to make complete sentenes

1 / the Ancient Town area./ the best place/ in Hoi An,/ to celebrate/takes/is/Hoi An Lantern Festival/place/but/along

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2/Vu Lan festival/Vietnamese/the/celebrate/lunar month/people/when/(or Mother's day)./seventh/comes,/often

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3/festivals/costly,/traditional/though/every year./we/hold/they/Even

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4 /want/very/Hung King Temple/The/yet/to/crowded./join/it./thousands of people/is/festival

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5/don't/however,/Viet Nam;/carnivals./have/festival/in/many/many/We/traditional/we/have

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6/otherwise,/may/have to/ The Khmer/lanterns;/they/luck./bad/yet/they/believe/float

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Can you correct the passage? Write the correct version.

one of the most popular festivals in viet nam is hung kings temple festival it is actually the memorial of the hung kings who are the founders of our nation and the first kings of our country it has been a public holiday in viet nam since 2007 it is held annually on 10th of the third lunar month every year a large number of visitors from all over the country participate the national festival the main ceremony takes place at the hung kings temple on nghia linh mountain phong chau district phu tho province 85 km northwest of ha noi on the day of the hung kings temple festival the vietnamese always take part in the festival with religious belief deeply imbedded in their minds that is their love and pride of their ancestral land